Motomokuami - Motomokuami

Japanese: 元木網 - もとのもくあみ

Year of death: Bunka 8.6.28 (1811.8.16)
Year of birth: 1724
A kyoka poet from the Edo period. His surname was Kaneko, he was commonly known as Kisaburo, and his first name was Amihire Harigane. In his later years, he took the name Tamaami, following the example of the monk Yugyo. In his prime, he went to Edo and ran a bathhouse in Kitakon'ya-cho, Kyobashi, while studying Japanese literature and waka poetry, and married fellow enthusiast Sume (whose kyoka name was Chienuchiko). He became familiar with kyoka poetry after participating in a kyoka contest at the home of Karagoromo Kikushi in 1770. In 1781, he shaved his head and retired, setting up Rakuri-an in Nishikubo Toki-cho, Shiba, where he devoted himself to teaching kyoka poetry without remuneration. He had many disciples, including those of the Sukiya Ren, and it was said that "half of Edo are disciples of Nishinokubo" (Kyoka-shi Hosomi), and he became a central figure in the kyoka world alongside Karagoromo Kikushi and Shikata Akayoshi (Ota Nanpo). In 1794, he published the Shin Kokin Kyokashu, a collection of kyoka poems from ancient times to his contemporary disciples.

(Yutaka Sonoda)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：文化8.6.28(1811.8.16)
生年：享保9(1724)
江戸時代の狂歌作者。姓は金子氏,通称は喜三郎,初号は網破損針金。晩年は遊行上人に従って珠阿弥と号した。壮年のころ,江戸に出て,京橋北紺屋町で湯屋を営みながら国文,和歌を学び,同好のすめ(狂名智恵内子)と結婚。明和7(1770)年唐衣橘洲宅での狂歌合に参加して以来狂歌に親しんだ。天明1(1781)年に剃髪隠居して芝西久保土器町に落栗庵を構え,無報酬で狂歌指導に専念,数寄屋連をはじめ門人が多く,「江戸中はんぶんは西の久保の門人だ」(『狂歌師細見』)といわれ,唐衣橘洲,四方赤良(大田南畝)とならぶ狂歌壇の中心的存在となった。寛政6(1794)年には,古人から当代の門人までの狂歌を収めた『新古今狂歌集』を刊行した。

(園田豊)

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